Amazon.com said Wednesday it has started selling its famous Kindle e-reader to customers in Argentina.

Amazon will offer 3G wireless download options for Argentine users. On average, Kindle books will cost Argentine customers around US $11.99 per book, Amazon said in a statement. That’s more than the US $9.99 that books typically cost for users in the U.S.

The Kindle Store will offer more than 300,000 books to customers in Argentina. Customers will also be able to access Merriam Webster’s English-Spanish Translation Dictionary to translate words from English into Spanish.

“Customers in Argentina have been asking for the Kindle, and now we’re happy to be able to offer it along with more than 300,000 books, as well as magazines and the best-known newspapers,” Ian Free, Amazon’s Kindle VP, said in a statement. “The Kindle allows customers in Argentina and around the world to think about a book, and start to read it, in less than 60 seconds.”

Among other newspapers, Kindle offers customers the opportunity to download El País (from Spain), O Globo (from Brazil) and, of course, The New York Times, etc.

I’ve been testing the Kindle for over a month now in the U.S. and have found it to be somewhat disappointing. Its user interface seems too basic and limited compared with computers and other devices like the iPhone. But its screen is remarkably clear and much easier on the eyes than are typical computer screens or LCD monitors. Meanwhile, given that it is so hard, and so expensive, to acquire English books, magazines and newspapers in Argentina, the Kindle may be just the right option for serious, serial readers.

However, there is one important caveat. Later this month, Apple will announce its new tablet multimedia device, which will likely go on sale in March. It is almost certain to be far more impressive than the Kindle and will offer video and other features which the comparatively troglodytic Kindle does not. Additionally, other companies are coming out with other e-readers that could make the Kindle look even more rudimentary. Check out the Skiff Reader, for example, here.

To get the Kindle or the Kindle DX (which has a larger, 9.7 inch display), you’ll have to pay around $20 for shipping, as well as Argentine customs taxes and fees (I don’t know how much these will add up to). You can order the Kindle by clicking here and here. Amazon will start shipping to Argentina on Jan. 19.

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Picked one up while I was back in the States for the holidays and its working great so far. Definitely a great product for people living here that want to be able to quickly and easily buy books in English. Another nice thing is knowing I’ll be able to take all the new books I buy back with me if I decide to move back Stateside.

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Previously, we have been able to ship Kindle’s to Argentina, but effective immediately we will no longer be shipping Kindle’s to Argentina.

The addition of Kindle and Kindle DX (Global Wireless) models to the Kindle family allows us to offer Kindle to many customers outside the United States. Currently, Kindles and Kindle content are unavailable in ARGENTINA.

Visit the Kindle (Global Wireless) detail pages and select countries to see if Kindle and Whispernet wireless service are available:

I’m trying to find the Argentina version of Amazon.com. Does anyone have the website? Thsi probably sounds like a stupid question, but I have no idea how to order books from Argentina on the internet. Any Argentinian websites for searching nad ordering books would be great!